2019 WR Rankings: Pre-Draft

It was wild off-season for player movement at the wide receiver position with players with Antonio Brown and Odell Beckham Jr finding new homes. These moves have made the 2019 WR Rankings interesting.

Rank

Player

Team

1

Michael Thomas

New Orleans Saints

2

Davante Adams

Green Bay Packers

3

Odell Beckham

Cleveland Browns

4

Julio Jones

Atlanta Falcons

5

DeAndre Hopkins

Houston Texans

6

JuJu Smith-Schuster

Pittsburgh Steelers

7

Mike Evans

Tampa Bay Buccaneers

8

Keenan Allen

Los Angeles Chargers

9

TY Hilton

Indianapolis Colts

10

Antonio Brown

Oakland Raiders

11

Adam Thielen

Minnesota Vikings

12

Stefon Diggs

Minnesota Vikings

13

Robert Woods

Los Angeles Rams

14

Amari Cooper

Dallas Cowboys

15

AJ Green

Cincinnati Bengals

16

Kenny Golladay

Detroit Lions

17

Cooper Kupp

Los Angeles Rams

18

DJ Moore

Carolina Panthers

19

Brandin Cooks

Los Angeles Rams

20

Jarvis Landry

Cleveland Browns

21

Tyler Lockett

Seattle Seahawks

22

Chris Godwin

Tampa Bay Buccaneers

23

Courtland Sutton

Denver Broncos

24

Julian Edleman

New England Patriots

25

Golden Tate

New York Giants

26

Sterling Shepard

New York Giants

27

Sammy Watkins

Kansas City Chiefs

28

Mike Williams

Los Angeles Chargers

29

Tyler Boyd

Cincinatti Bengals

30

Allen Robinson

Chicago Bears

31

Will Fuller

Houston Texans

32

Calvin Ridley

Atlanta Falcons

33

Marvin Jones

Detroit Lions

34

Christian Kirk

Arizona Cardinals

35

Emmanuel Sanders

Denver Broncos

36

James Washington

Pittsburgh Steelers

37

Corey Davis

Tennessee Titans

38

Dante Pettis

San Francisco 49ers

39

Alshon Jeffery

Philadelphia Eagles

40

Doug Baldwin

Seattle Seahawks

41

Curtis Samuel

Carolina Panthers

42

Anthony Miller

Chicago Bears

43

Tre'Quan Smith

New Orleans Saints

44

John Brown

Buffalo Bills

45

Robby Anderson

New York Jets

46

Michael Gallup

Dallas Cowboys

47

N'Keal Harry

FA

48

Dede Westbrook

Jacksonville Jaguars

49

Antonio Callaway

Cleveland Browns

50

Robert Foster

Buffalo Bills

51

Tyrell Williams

Oakland Raiders

52

EQ St. Brown

Green Bay Packers

53

Adam Humphries

Tennessee Titans

54

Hakeem Butler

FA

55

Marquez Valdez-Scantling

Green Bay Packers

56

Daesean Hamilton

Denver Broncos

57

Kelvin Harmon

FA

58

Donte Moncrief

Pittsburgh Steelers

59

Larry Fitzgerald

Arizona Cardinals

60

Kenny Stills

Miami Dolphins

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Antonio Brown is out in Pittsburgh but who steps in?

Over the last 3 seasons, Antonio Brown has averaged 161 targets. With that volume now in Oakland, the question is where does that production go? Obviously this should lock in Juju Smith-Schuster into the 160 plus targets he saw a season ago. Vance McDonald should also see a nice uptick in production which can be seen in his rank at the position.

The biggest winner in terms of volume should be James Washington. The second WR from Oklahoma State has the potential to vault to a top 30 or so WR. He only saw 38 targets or 5% of Ben Roethlisberger’s targets in in 2018. That should easily double and and potentially approach 100 target in 2019.

Donte Moncrief was brought in by Pittsburgh to help fill some of the void left by Brown. While he hasn’t become player some thought he could be coming out of Ole Miss, he still has found ways to be fantasy relevant at times. There should be room in this offense for him to have a role in this offense.

Pittsburgh could and likely will address WR in 2019 NFL Draft. That could throw a wrinkle into the long-term plans for the Steelers WRs from a dynasty lens but for this season its hard to imagine a rookie coming in and taking a massive share of targets.

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